Research finds that public private partnerships are expensive, risky and lack transparency A new report examining public private partnerships (PPPs) as a way to finance development projects finds that they are risky and expensive and urges governments and financial institutions to stop hiding their true costs. PPPs are agreements through which private financiers essentially replace governments as providers and funders of traditional public services like schools, hospitals and roads. What lies ...

By Jeroen Kwakkenbos
The latest figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on donor official development assistance (ODA) have been released. For the most part, the Development Assistance Committee figures do not make ...